August 31, 2026
A federal judge in Chicago on Monday issued a mixed ruling in a case brought by a company that makes insurance agency management software against a rival that it claims created a fake insurance company to steal trade secrets, dismissing some claims but preserving others for trade secret misappropriation and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
January 20, 2026
A maker of software for insurance brokers has further escalated its dispute with rival Applied Systems Inc., lodging a new lawsuit in Illinois federal court over an alleged campaign to eliminate a competitor it was unable to acquire.
December 04, 2025
Alleging potential "mid-nine figures" in damages, insurance broker software venture Ardent Labs Inc. has filed a five-count suit in Delaware's Court of Chancery accusing an industry leader — Applied Systems Inc. — of "anticompetitive conduct that violates the letter and spirit of antitrust law."